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What is misinformative in the selfish gene?
It greatly oversimplifies a complex process, ignoring modern developments in the field of evolutionary biology (including the entirety of population genetics), and makes many unfounded assumptions. The Spandrels paper I referenced above explains in detail, and is a good starting point: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/205/1161/581 Here's a more modern critique, which I posted here a few weeks ago: http:…
Looks suspiciously marginal.